Re: Canon S2 IS or Panasonic FZ20
- From: John H <iamnot@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:23:18 GMT
On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 20:01:58 +0800, "mehere" <notelling@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Hi all
>
>Looking at choosing either the Canon S2 IS or the Panasonic FZ20.
>
>At the moment I am leaning towards the Canon as it is more compact and
>somewhat lighter. My current old Olympus is somewhat heavy and bulky which
>is what I want to get away from.
>
>The Panasonic has extra 2x zoom (Canon 10x and Panasonic 12x) but I don't
>think that makes any real difference in my view.
>Both have optical image stabilisers
>Both are 5MP
>The Panasonic apparently has a better lens - anyone care to comment?
>The Panasonic by my pricing is about $80 to $90 AUD more, except have found
>one shop today which has the Panasonic $50 AUD cheaper - what the?
>>From samples I have seen image quality appears very close - but want your
>opinions
>Panasonic has the facility to add external flash but I can't see me getting
>that far into Photography. If I do I think I'd be looking at getting a
>replacement camera (SLR) in the future.
>
>Have read dpreview (http://www.dpreview.com/) comments and also info on
>livingroom (http://www.livingroom.org.au/photolog/) and both appear to be
>said to be good cameras for price (not perfect of course), however user
>reviews and overall reviews from online price guides and other similar
>websites seem to put the Canon at around 4.5 stars (out of 5) and the
>Panasonic at around 4 stars.
>
>Any thoughts anyone?
>
>Cheers
>
>Greg
>
Having just gone through the same selection process (to
replace an Olympus C211UZ) I settled on the Canon primarily because of
the superior movie mode. So far I have been quite happy with it. BTW
the zoom specs are the other way around with the Canon being 12X. I
gather that the optics of the Panasonic are somewhat better but if I
were really looking for superior optics I think I would consider a
dSLR.
Here are some sample landscape pictures from the S2
http://members.accesswave.ca/~parklane/thumbnails.html
.
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